The 45th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 10, 1949 and adjourned April 16, 1949. One piece of legislation passed this session was the Fair Employment Practices Act, which banned employment discrimination by "race, religion, color, or national origin" by employers with more than five workers and by labor unions. Oregon was the 6th state to pass such a bill.
Senate AffiliationMembers Democratic7 Republican20 Total27 Government Majority13 Senate Members +Composition of the SenateSenatorResidencePartyAlex G. BarryPortlandRepublicanTruman A. ChaseEugeneRepublicanAustin DunnBakerDemocraticRex EllisPendletonRepublicanCarl EngdahlPendletonRepublicanAustin F. FlegelPortlandDemocraticRussell L. GardnerNewportDemocraticAngus GibsonJunction CityRepublicanStewart HardieCondonRepublicanFrank H. HiltonPortlandRepublicanPhilip S. HitchcockKlamath FallsRepublicanRobert D. HolmesGearhartDemocraticFrederick S. LamportSalemRepublicanJ. J. LynchPortlandRepublicanThomas R. MahoneyPortlandDemocraticEugene E. MarshMcMinnvilleRepublicanWilliam M. McAllisterMedfordRepublicanBen MusaThe DallesDemocraticRichard L. NeubergerPortlandDemocraticThomas ParkinsonRoseburgRepublicanPaul L. PattersonHillsboroRepublicanIrving RandPortlandRepublicanElmo SmithOntarioRepublicanOrval N. ThompsonAlbanyDemocraticDean WalkerIndependenceRepublicanWilliam WalshCoos BayRepublicanMarie E. WilcoxGrants PassRepublican
House AffiliationMembers Democratic8 Republican52 Total60 Government Majority46 House Members +Composition of the HouseHouse MemberResidencePartyFred W. AdamsOphirRepublicanE. C. AllenPortlandDemocraticGust AndersonPortlandRepublicanAlex G. BarryPortlandRepublicanDavid C. BaumLaGrandeRepublicanR. H. C. BennettDundeeRepublicanPhil BradyPortlandDemocraticSprague CarterPendletonRepublicanW. W. ChadwickSalemRepublicanHerman H. ChindgrenMolallaRepublicanE. H. ConditWestportRepublicanRaymond C. CoulterGrants PassRepublicanLloyd R. CrosbyMilwaukieRepublicanBen DayGold HillRepublicanJohn DicksonPortlandRepublicanFrank A. DoerflerSalemRepublicanPhil DreyerPortlandDemocraticJoseph M. DyerAstoriaRepublicanDean B. ErwinEnterpriseRepublicanEarl E. FisherBeavertonRepublicanCarl H. FrancisDaytonRepublicanGiles L. FrenchMoroRepublicanEdward A. GearyKlamath FallsRepublicanPaul E. GeddesRoseburgRepublicanRobert C. GileRoseburgRepublicanWarren GillLebanonRepublicanJ. S. GreenwoodWemmeRepublicanJoseph E. HarveyPortlandRepublicanHerman P. HendershottEugeneRepublicanEarl H. HillCushmanRepublicanJohn P. HounsellHood RiverRepublicanJ. O. JohnsonPortlandRepublicanE. W. KimberlingPrairie CityRepublicanM. M. LandonSweet HomeRepublicanC. L. LieuallenPendletonRepublicanJohn D. LoganPortlandRepublicanCharles K. McCollochBakerDemocraticEarl L. McNuttEugeneRepublicanA. P. MeyersRedmondDemocraticJames H. MoorePortlandDemocraticRalph T. MooreCoos BayRepublicanHoward MorganPortlandRepublicanWilliam B. MorsePrinevilleDemocraticGrace Olivier PeckPortlandDemocraticHenry E. PetersonIoneRepublicanWilliam R. RobinsonPortlandDemocraticJohn I. SellThe DallesRepublicanHenry SemonKlamath FallsDemocraticVilas L. ShepardClatskanieDemocraticJ. F. ShortRedmondRepublicanJohn F. SteelhammerSalemRepublicanA. J. SwettTillamookRepublicanLyle D. ThomasDallasRepublicanFrank J. Van DykeMedfordRepublicanGerald WadeNewportRepublicanHarvey WellsPortlandRepublicanRudie WilhelmPortlandRepublicanVernon WilsonValeRepublicanDouglas R. YeaterSalemRepublicanFrancis W. ZieglerCorvallisRepublican
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